Christopher H. Trisos

13.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
45 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Christopher H. Trisos is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher H. Trisos has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Christopher H. Trisos's work include Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (9 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers). Christopher H. Trisos is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (9 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers). Christopher H. Trisos collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Christopher H. Trisos's co-authors include Alex L. Pigot, Cory Merow, Joseph A. Tobias, Madhusudan Katti, Jess Auerbach, Colin J. Carlson, Eliot T. Miller, Noam Ross, Kevin J. Olival and Casey M. Zipfel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Christopher H. Trisos

45 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk

2022 497 citations Colin J. Carlson, Cory Merow et al. profile →
The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change

2020 465 citations Christopher H. Trisos, Cory Merow et al. profile →
Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds

2020 333 citations Alex L. Pigot, Christopher H. Trisos et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology

2021 264 citations Christopher H. Trisos et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates

2022 87 citations Joanne Clarke, Birgitt Ouweneel et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Adaptation to compound climate risks: A systematic global stocktake

2023 63 citations Nicholas P. Simpson, Portia Adade Williams et al. iScience profile →

Peers

Christopher H. Trisos

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EEBS

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Ricardo A. Correia Portugal

Madhur Anand Canada

Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares Finland

Will R. Turner United States

L. Román Carrasco Singapore

Paul Jepson United Kingdom

Zsolt Molnár Hungary

Alice C. Hughes China

Neil Carter United States

Nyeema C. Harris United States

Ricardo A. Correia Portugal

Christopher H. Trisos

662 ×0.7

GPC

913 ×1.1

ECOLO

441 ×0.7

EEBS

431 ×0.7

NLC

886 ×1.5

Citations per year, relative to Christopher H. Trisos Christopher H. Trisos (= 1×) peers Ricardo A. Correia

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher H. Trisos

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher H. Trisos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher H. Trisos

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher H. Trisos. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher H. Trisos based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher H. Trisos. Christopher H. Trisos is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Andrews, Talbot M., Nicholas P. Simpson, Matthias Krönke, et al.. (2025). Most Africans place primary responsibility for climate action on their own government. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

Carlson, Colin J., Dann Mitchell, Rupert Stuart-Smith, et al.. (2025). Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change. Nature Climate Change. 15(10). 1052–1055. 2 indexed citations

Meyer, Andreas L. S., Alex L. Pigot, Cory Merow, et al.. (2024). Temporal dynamics of climate change exposure and opportunities for global marine biodiversity. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5836–5836. 10 indexed citations

Simpson, Nicholas P., Katharine J. Mach, Mark Tebboth, et al.. (2024). Research priorities for climate mobility. One Earth. 7(4). 589–607. 7 indexed citations

Simpson, Nicholas P., Portia Adade Williams, Katharine J. Mach, et al.. (2023). Adaptation to compound climate risks: A systematic global stocktake. iScience. 26(2). 105926–105926. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Andrews, Talbot M., Nicholas P. Simpson, Katharine J. Mach, & Christopher H. Trisos. (2023). Risk from responses to a changing climate. Climate Risk Management. 39. 100487–100487. 9 indexed citations

Pigot, Alex L., Cory Merow, Adam M. Wilson, & Christopher H. Trisos. (2023). Abrupt expansion of climate change risks for species globally. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(7). 1060–1071. 52 indexed citations

North, Michelle A., James Franke, Birgitt Ouweneel, & Christopher H. Trisos. (2023). Global risk of heat stress to cattle from climate change. Environmental Research Letters. 18(9). 94027–94027. 24 indexed citations

Pascual, Unai, Pamela McElwee, Sarah E. Diamond, et al.. (2022). Governing for Transformative Change across the Biodiversity–Climate–Society Nexus. BioScience. 72(7). 684–704. 85 indexed citations

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Simpson, Nicholas P., Joanne Clarke, Scott Allan Orr, et al.. (2022). Decolonizing climate change–heritage research. Nature Climate Change. 12(3). 210–213. 29 indexed citations

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Zvobgo, Luckson, et al.. (2022). The role of indigenous knowledge and local knowledge in water sector adaptation to climate change in Africa: a structured assessment. Sustainability Science. 17(5). 2077–2092. 32 indexed citations

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Ziervogel, Gina, Chris Lennard, Guy F. Midgley, et al.. (2022). Climate change in South Africa: Risks and opportunities for climate-resilient development in the IPCC Sixth Assessment WGII Report. South African Journal of Science. 118(9/10). 15 indexed citations

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Carlson, Colin J., Rita R. Colwell, Mohammad Sharif Hossain, et al.. (2022). Solar geoengineering could redistribute malaria risk in developing countries. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2150–2150. 29 indexed citations

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Meyer, Andreas L. S., Joanne Bentley, Romaric C. Odoulami, Alex L. Pigot, & Christopher H. Trisos. (2022). Risks to biodiversity from temperature overshoot pathways. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1857). 20210394–20210394. 28 indexed citations

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Øverland, Indra, et al.. (2021). Funding flows for climate change research on Africa: where do they come from and where do they go?. Climate and Development. 14(8). 705–724. 58 indexed citations

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Williams, Portia Adade, Nicholas P. Simpson, Edmond Totin, Michelle A. North, & Christopher H. Trisos. (2021). Feasibility assessment of climate change adaptation options across Africa: an evidence-based review. Environmental Research Letters. 16(7). 73004–73004. 47 indexed citations

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Pereira, Laura, David R. Morrow, Valentina Aquila, et al.. (2021). From fAIrplay to climate wars: making climate change scenarios more dynamic, creative, and integrative. Ecology and Society. 26(4). 9 indexed citations

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Simpson, Nicholas P., Talbot M. Andrews, Matthias Krönke, et al.. (2021). Climate change literacy in Africa. Nature Climate Change. 11(11). 937–944. 59 indexed citations

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Trisos, Christopher H., Giuseppe Amatulli, Jessica Gurevitch, et al.. (2018). Potentially dangerous consequences for biodiversity of solar geoengineering implementation and termination. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(3). 475–482. 97 indexed citations

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Estrela, Sylvie, Christopher H. Trisos, & Sam P. Brown. (2012). From Metabolism to Ecology: Cross-Feeding Interactions Shape the Balance between Polymicrobial Conflict and Mutualism. The American Naturalist. 180(5). 566–576. 51 indexed citations

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